Patch 0.5.5 · Updated Oct 3, 2026

Frost Bomb

Skill Gems

Frost Bomb is a Skill Gem (Intelligence) in Path of Exile 2. Tags: Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Orb, Remnant. 234 Support Gems can support it.

Gem level 1

Frost Bomb

Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Orb, Remnant

Level: 1

Cost: 9 Mana

Cast Time: 0.8 sec

Critical Hit Chance: 13%

Cooldown Time: 6 sec

Initial Pulse Exposure
Exposure per pulse
Maximum Elemental Exposure applied: 20%
2%
50%

Exposure level limit: 20

Create a pulsing Orb of frost. Each pulse inflicts Elemental Exposure on nearby enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it Detonates, dealing Cold damage to surrounding enemies and leaving behind a Cold Infusion.

Pulse and explosion radius are 0 metres

Detonation Time is 4 seconds

Exposure duration is 8 seconds

Chills Enemies as though dealing 300% more damage

Limit 1 Frost Bomb

Deals 7 to 11 Cold Damage

Type: Skill Gems
Attribute: Intelligence
Tags: Spell, AoE, Cold, Duration, Orb, Remnant
Gemcutting: Uncut Gem level 1 or higher
Gemcutting category: Elemental
Levels: 1–40

Quality

At 20% quality

Initial Pulse Exposure
Exposure per pulse
Maximum Elemental Exposure applied: 0%
0%
10%

Additionally with Advanced Thaumaturgy (Gemling Legionnaire)

Limit 3 Frost Bomb

Used in builds

Values per level

Only values that change with the level – fixed values are in the tooltip. Click a row to show that level in the tooltip.

Level	Character level	Cost	Pulse and explosion radius are # metre	Pulse and explosion radius are # metres	Deals # to # Cold Damage	Exposure level limit: #
1	–	9 Mana	–	0	7–11	20
2	3	11 Mana	–	0	10–15	23
3	6	13 Mana	–	0.1	14–21	25
4	10	15 Mana	–	0.1	18–27	29
5	14	18 Mana	–	0.1	23–34	32
6	18	20 Mana	–	0.2	28–42	36
7	22	23 Mana	–	0.2	34–51	39
8	26	26 Mana	–	0.3	41–61	43
9	31	30 Mana	–	0.3	48–73	47
10	36	34 Mana	–	0.3	57–86	52
11	41	38 Mana	–	0.4	67–100	56
12	46	42 Mana	–	0.4	78–117	61
13	52	48 Mana	–	0.4	90–135	66
14	58	53 Mana	–	0.5	104–156	72
15	64	59 Mana	–	0.5	120–180	74
16	66	66 Mana	–	0.6	138–208	76
17	72	73 Mana	–	0.6	159–238	78
18	78	81 Mana	–	0.6	182–273	–
19	84	89 Mana	–	0.7	208–313	–
20	90	99 Mana	–	0.7	238–358	–

Levels 21–40 (from additional gem levels)

Level	Character level	Cost	Pulse and explosion radius are # metre	Pulse and explosion radius are # metres	Deals # to # Cold Damage	Exposure level limit: #
21	–	109 Mana	–	0.7	273–409	–
22	–	120 Mana	–	0.8	311–467	–
23	–	132 Mana	–	0.8	356–534	–
24	–	146 Mana	–	0.8	406–609	–
25	–	160 Mana	–	0.9	464–696	–
26	–	175 Mana	–	0.9	530–795	–
27	–	192 Mana	1	–	606–909	–
28	–	211 Mana	1	–	692–1038	–
29	–	231 Mana	1	–	792–1188	–
30	–	252 Mana	–	1.1	906–1359	–
31	–	276 Mana	–	1.1	1037–1556	–
32	–	301 Mana	–	1.1	1188–1783	–
33	–	329 Mana	–	1.1	1363–2044	–
34	–	359 Mana	–	1.1	1564–2346	–
35	–	392 Mana	–	1.2	1796–2695	–
36	–	427 Mana	–	1.2	2065–3098	–
37	–	465 Mana	–	1.2	2377–3566	–
38	–	506 Mana	–	1.2	2739–4108	–
39	–	551 Mana	–	1.2	3159–4739	–
40	–	599 Mana	–	1.3	3648–5472	–

Matching supports 234

234 Support Gems can support this skill.

Frost Bomb

Quality

Used in builds

Values per level

Matching supports 234

Strength 72

Dexterity 63

Intelligence 87

No attribute 12

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